/*
   Copyright 2009 Abdulla Abdurakhmanov (abdulla@latestbit.com)
   Original sources are available at www.latestbit.com

   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
   You may obtain a copy of the License at

       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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*/

package org.latestbit.smartobjects.network;

import org.latestbit.smartobjects.IDestroyable;

/**
 * Managed network is factory able to create managed clients or servers
 * @author abdulla-a
 *
 */
public interface IManagedNetwork extends IDestroyable {

	/**
	 * Creates the new managed client instance 
	 * @return managed client instance
	 */
	IManagedClient createClient();

	/**
	 * Creates the new managed server instance
	 * @return managed server instance
	 */
	IManagedServer createServer();

	/**
	 * Sets low-level (non-managed) network factory implementation (e.g. TCPNetworkFactory)
	 * @param factory low-level (non-managed) network factory
	 */
	void setNetworkFactory(INetworkFactory factory);

	/**
	 * Gets low-level (non-managed) network factory implementations
	 * @return low-level (non-managed) network factory
	 */
	INetworkFactory getNetworkFactory();
}
